After the collapse of Communism in Russia, as state assets were divvied up and privatised, a few individuals stepped in to take the reins of this entrepreneurial experiment. Rewarded with massive fortunes and fame, they came to be known as “the oligarchs”.
To see how the .00001% lives, we met up with infamous Russian oligarch Sergey Veremeenko and spent quality time hog hunting and helicopter joyriding at his private estate outside Moscow.
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